The worst thing about having a mustache? Your lunch tends to get stuck in it. (Sea lion, Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Japan.)

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Shotgun wedding? More like assault rifle. This Romanian bride is
celebrating at the Arch of Triumph in Bucharest after being "kidnapped"
on her wedding night. The tradition of snatching the bride from under
the nose of groom and guests is one of Romania's more colorful customs.
Often the groom must pay ransom - by singing a song, paying a small
amount of cash or performing another task - to free his bride.

Guess it had Chinese for lunch: A stick-your-head-through-the-hole painting in Jiaxing, China, makes a rhinoceros look ridiculous.

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Dead wringer: A young man hangs onto a goose's neck in one of the more bizarre Spanish traditions of summer - Antzar Eguna
(Geese Day) in the Basque village of Lekeitio. Contestants hold onto a
goose and try to break its neck while being dunked in the sea. In the
old days, live geese were used, but now the waterfowl are already dead.

Knit fit: Everybody was having a lovely time at the crocheting
bee when suddenly the Tasmania devil came out of nowhere and attacked
Mrs. Flurby's tea cozy. (Technically he's a Tasmanian devil cub , and he was appearing at a National Endangered Species Day event in Sydney.)

Photo: Rob Griffith, Associated Press

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Marathon man: Great Britain's David Weir holds the Union Jack as
he celebrates his gold medal win at the London Paralympics with his son,
Mason. Weir finished first in the men's Marathon T54.

Tallest dog ever: Zeus, a 3-year-old Great Dane from Otsego,
Mich., is featured as the tallest dog ever in the new Guinness World
Records 2013 book. He measures 44 inches foot to withers and 7-foot-4
standing on his hind legs. Owner Denise Doorlag (pictured) says he eats a
30-pound bag of food every day.

Not quite that open-minded: Lily, a kahtoey, kisses a shocked
Japanese tourist after a cabaret show in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Kathoeys
(males who exhibit varying degrees of femininity) are quite visible and
much more accepted in Thai culture than most places.

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Disappearing sea: Environmental and social activists from Israel
and around the world gather at the Dead Sea for a protest float against
the deterioration of the sea's condition. The sea, the lowest place on
Earth, has been losing water for 50 years.

Will there be a menacing white balloon? Lampshade wearers of the
performance art group Kitsch & Sync Collective entertain visitors to
the No. 6 Festival in North Wales. The classic Italianate village of
Portmeirion in North Wales is staging the festival, named after the
famous 1960s cult TV series "The Prisoner," which was filmed in the
village.

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Don't hold it so high up the handle, Nancy. Here, let me show you how it's done:
On the next episode of "This Old House," Speaker John Boehner and
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi try to build a consensus. (Ha, kidding -
like that would ever happen. They're just trying to pound a single nail
into the inaugural platform where the next president of the United
States will take the Oath of Office outside the Capitol.)

Photo: Cliff Owen, Associated Press

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Brandi, you're a fine girl - but, boy, are you skittish. Spooked
by strangers, Alexis Lorenz's 7-year-old beagle slipped out of her
harness during a walk along the Burlington (N.J.) Riverfront Promenade
and eventually ran onto the Burlington-Bristol Bridge and into traffic.
When a car of good Samaritans stopped to help her, the dog - who her
owner says is terrified of just about everybody - jumped over the side.
She survived a 70-foot fall into the Delaware River and doggy-paddled
against the current to shore, where she was found by Lorenz hours later.
Incredibly, she had no injuries other than a bruised abdomen.

The sins of the feathered: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a
chicken in order to transfer his sins from the past year into the bird
during the Kaparot ritual in Jerusalem's religious Mea Shearim
neighborhood. After being saddled with someone's sins, the chicken is
slaughtered.

Down the stretch, it's Ape-O'-War, Rhesus Pieces and Missing
Link, but here comes I Am Curious (George) charging on the outside ...
and the winner is I Am Curious (George) by a cold, wet nose! (The Banana
Derby never fails to thrill the Red River Valley Fair in Paris, Texas.)